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At least 270 bodies recovered from Air India crash site in Ahmedabad

Dabu Patni cries upon hearing the news of her brother Akash Patni, who died when the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane crashed in Ahmedabad, India, on June 12, 2025 [Amit Dave/Reuters]

At least 270 bodies have been recovered after a London-bound Air India plane crashed in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, as a rescue team continues to search the site of India’s worst aviation disaster in three decades.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, with 242 people on board and 125,000 litres of fuel, lost altitude seconds after takeoff on Thursday and crashed into a residential area, killing all but one on board and at least two dozen others on the ground.

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